Neutrogena kicks off Wave for Change

LOS ANGELES Skin care brand Neutrogena has announced the launch of Wave for Change, a charitable campaign that makes it easy for teens not only to give back but to choose how Neutrogena will support communities in need.

This summer, starting July 17 through Aug. 23, Neutrogena will donate $1 to GlobalGiving for every Wave sonic power-cleaner and oil-free acne wash pink grapefruit product sold, up to $200,000. GlobalGiving, an organization that links donors to causes, will then distribute the funds to environmental, educational and disaster relief charities.

Neutrogena is putting the power into the hands of teens to determine how much of the $200,000 will be distributed to each cause- environment, education and disaster relief. By visiting the Neutrogena Facebook page, Facebook.com/neutrogena, teens can take a customized quiz, which determines the type of cause they would most likely support and will help determine what percentage of the funding will be donated to each cause.

To stay connected with the cause, they can visit the Facebook page and get real-time results on the support of each cause, as well as view the quiz results of Neutrogena celebrity brand ambassadors Emma Roberts, Gabrielle Union, Hayden Panettiere, Miranda Cosgrove, Susie Castillo and Vanessa Hudgens.

WASHINGTON The Personal Care Products Council announced on July 15 that it is calling for a greater role by the Food and Drug Administration in regulatory oversight of personal care products and assessing ingredient safety.

The announcement came less than a week before the introduction of the Safe Cosmetics Act of 2010 in Congress by Reps. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis.

The proposal by the Council represents the culmination of more than three years of planning and research by the cosmetics industry trade group. The Council detailed its proposal in a letter to health policy leaders in Congress.

The Council is seeking to create formal processes for the FDA to review ingredients for safety at the request of the public and stakeholder groups and to review all safety determinations made by the Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) Expert Panel. No such FDA processes currently exist.

"For decades, the industry has had an impeccable safety record under the existing requirements implemented by the FDA under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Our products remain among the safest in the marketplace," stated Lezlee Westine, the Council’s president and CEO. "Nonetheless, we believe it is time to develop a more contemporary approach that includes a greater federal regulatory role. In fact, for the last 30 years, we have aggressively implemented numerous safety initiatives and processes to strengthen industry safety practices. Our consumers deserve multiple layers of protection and transparency."

The Council’s five-point plan includes mandatory industry reporting and mandatory Good Manufacturing Practices, two provisions currently in HR 759, the FDA Globalization Act of 2009, introduced by Congressman John Dingell, D-Mich., and three additional provisions that industry is seeking. The Council plan includes:

(1) Enhanced FDA Registration. It requires that personal care products manufacturers who market their products in the United States comply with the following:

Register with FDA all facilities where those products are manufactured.

File with FDA product ingredient reports disclosing all of the ingredients used in those products; and

Report to FDA any serious unexpected adverse event with a personal care product experienced by consumers.

(2) New Process to Set Safety Levels for Trace Constituents. When requested or on its own initiative, FDA would be required to establish safe levels for trace constituents in cosmetic ingredients and products; (3) New FDA Ingredient Review Process. Once a request has been made, or FDA unilaterally determines action is warranted, the agency would be required to review the safety of any ingredient intended for use in a personal care product and set safety use levels for such ingredient on a specified timetable; (4) New FDA Oversight of CIR Findings. FDA would be required to review current and future findings on the safety of cosmetic ingredients by the Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) Expert Panel and determine if these findings are correct. If there are instances in which it determines a CIR finding is not correct, FDA would determine by guidance or regulations if, or under what conditions, the ingredient can be used safely in personal care products; (5) FDA-Issued Good Manufacturing Practices. FDA would establish industry-wide "Good Manufacturing Practices" requirements.

As mentioned earlier, the move came days prior to the July 21 introduction of the Safe Cosmetics Act of 2010 (HR 5786) in Congress, which, in a similar vein, aims to give the FDA authority to ensure that personal care products are free of harmful ingredients.

According to the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, major provisions of this proposed legislation would:

Beauty Vanities will put a spotlight on small, start-up brands by giving them ample opportunity to stand-out and get discovered at CPNA’s annual event, which is scheduled to take place July 29 to 31, in Las Vegas.

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